The Taste Traveller

summery orzo salad

2010-07-22T08:00:00-07:00

A hot summer evening meal calls for easy preparation, fresh flavours and lighter combinations. This was a combination I came up with in the last week to satisfy these criteria. How easy this is to modify according to what you have in your fridge or pantry and add to with anything else you feel like. You could even make this a one dish scenario by adding grilled fish, prawns, tofu or chicken (or steamed fish or chicken). Fancy a steak as your protein of choice? This would work well with that too. The key here is a variety of textures...

beet, apple and chocolate chip cake

2010-07-16T08:00:00-07:00

This is one of the best cakes I've ever eaten. Seriously. I am not a big cake eater, and this is probably about the third cake I've ever made from scratch - really. But, I have eaten enough cakes to know what I like and this one is simply amazing! Not only that but with beets in it - it fits in with my efforts to eat well and make (and share) recipes that are at least somewhat healthy! If you're thinking a cake with beets sounds a bit odd, it does, but it isn't odd at all. They add...

mixed herb pesto

2010-07-13T08:00:00-07:00

It's hot right now, so a hot potato dish was not going to cut it. But, I didn't feel like a mustard-based dressing or a more traditional mayonnaise-based dressing. With a trio of herbs I'd used for this salad waiting to be used up, a pesto seemed like the best idea. I added a clove of garlic, some olive oil, and some freshly-squeezed lime juice, and a little bit of yoghurt to finish off and that was it. I did not add pine nuts or any other nut in this instance, but the second night I served this I added...